How to Install and Uninstall bash-static Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "bash-static" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bash-static on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bash-static
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bash-static" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall bash-static on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bash-static
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bash-static package on Kali Linux

Package: bash-static
Source: bash
Version: 5.2.21-2
Installed-Size: 2480
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Depends: passwd (>= 1:4.0.3-10), debianutils (>= 5.6-0.1)
Suggests: bash-doc
Size: 1089260
SHA256: f644ad3d90f0ffe768cc1274ee45f0e22849f6b9778718b0b19ce4c10cc59f8d
SHA1: 27c11d34991de4f722faa5245ec06a566fc9cc3b
MD5sum: b6bd1d8ec0a503b9f4292b88bf5e72b9
Description: GNU Bourne Again SHell (static version)
Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes
commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also
incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
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Statically linked.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
Built-Using: glibc (= 2.37-12)
Tag: admin::recovery, implemented-in::c, interface::shell, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::login
Section: shells
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bash/bash-static_5.2.21-2_amd64.deb